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Servant Leadership Revisited

Great Leadership By Dan

It was popularized in modern management writings by Robert Greenleaf in a 1970 essay. To me it is more of a value system. Greenleaf was promoting this concept as “the rock upon which a good society is built”. Defining Leadership Let’s begin with an operating definition of leadership.

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An Interview with Larry Spears, a Servant-Leadership Legend

Modern Servant Leader

Larry Spears was the CEO of the Greenleaf Center for Servant-Leadership for nearly two decades. Larry is also the one who studied Greenleaf’s writings for years, extracted and shared the very popular 10 Characteristics of Servant-Leadership. A very humble man, he often points to Robert Greenleaf as the source of his message.

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An Interview with Larry Spears, a Servant-Leadership Legend

Modern Servant Leader

Larry Spears was the CEO of the Greenleaf Center for Servant-Leadership for nearly two decades. Larry is also the one who studied Greenleaf’s writings for years, extracted and shared the very popular 10 Characteristics of Servant-Leadership. A very humble man, he often points to Robert Greenleaf as the source of his message.

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The Day 360?s Are Obsolete

Persuasive Powerhouse

While I love your vision, I personally hope that the 360 becomes even more engrained in the businesses in which I operate. Ideally companies would use the best selection systems to source and promote the best leaders. For it to end up in The Leadership Museum, would be to rob me of some of my most significant learnings.

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Influencing Creativity and Innovation

Persuasive Powerhouse

Second, implementing systems that provide feedback, to those involved in a business process, on the impacts of their efforts on intended results. Mary Jo Asmus A former executive in a Fortune 100 company, I own and operate a leadership solutions firm called Aspire Collaborative Services. The faster such feedback arrives, the better.

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Great Leadership: a Lot of This and That

Persuasive Powerhouse

Systematic and Open to Possibility: The complexity of our organizations requires that you support some systemization within them. Systems drive efficiency and results. Mary Jo Asmus A former executive in a Fortune 100 company, I own and operate a leadership solutions firm called Aspire Collaborative Services.

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Stop Trying to Make Others Happy | Aspire-CS

Persuasive Powerhouse

Her level of frustration has been rising as surveys show that some of the employees complain that she plays favorites and they express concern that they have been left out of the reward system. Mary Jo Asmus A former executive in a Fortune 100 company, I own and operate a leadership solutions firm called Aspire Collaborative Services.

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